ONLINE: Blades of Eternity-Chapter 269: THE AVATAR OF A HYBRID
The moment the brilliant silhouette emerged within the pocket dimension—
A collective gasp echoed across the VIP section of the coliseum.
The one who reacted most visibly was the royal elf, his golden eyes widening in utter shock as he bolted to his feet.
"This… This is an Avatar of a Hybrid!" he exclaimed, his voice tinged with disbelief.
His expression darkened as a thought crossed his mind—
"If the Hybrids find out that their Avatar is being used like this—"
However, before he could complete his sentence, a deep yet calm voice interrupted him.
"Do not trouble yourself, Royal Elf."
It was First Magi, his piercing gaze steady as he leaned forward in his chair.
"These Avatars were obtained from a source far more… reliable than you can imagine."
He then shifted his eyes toward King Alexandria, his smirk barely noticeable.
As if hinting at something only a few in the area would understand.
The royal elf clenched his jaw but remained silent, clearly uneasy with the implications.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Castaneda and Marel were equally shaken by the sight of the Avatar of a Hybrid.
Their expressions were not of shock alone—
But of genuine concern.
Marel exhaled deeply, his fingers tapping against the armrest of his chair.
"This is too much for them," he muttered under his breath.
Even among the strongest beings in the world, Hybrids were considered blessed by the heavens themselves.
To face an Avatar of a Hybrid—
It was beyond the normal limits of this trial.
Castaneda, arms crossed, remained silent for a moment.
But his gaze sharpened.
"…Can they handle this?"
That was the unspoken question in the minds of everyone watching at this moment.
Back in the pocket dimension, the shrine trembled.
The air thickened, suffocating, as the silhouette of pure light took one slow, deliberate step forward.
It wasn't rushing.
It didn't need to.
Kaelen, Kelvin, Lila, and Eldric—all of them could feel it.
The weight of its presence.
The sheer dominance it exuded.
It was like standing before a god.
A being far beyond anything they had ever faced before.
And they understood—
If they didn't push beyond their limits right now… they would die.
'Its now or never now'
Kaelen clenched his fists, gritting his teeth.
Then, he summoned everything he had.
With a surge of blinding light, his Armor of the Eternal Guardian quickly appeared, the royal blue glow shining brilliantly across the battlefield.
Kelvin, standing beside him, unleashed his mana domain—
A suffocating void of darkness spread around him, distorting the air.
Lila, her hands trembling, suddenly murmured something.
A whisper of something ancient.
Then—
A burst of cold unlike anything before.
A technique she had never dared to use—
Heart of Ice.
Her very soul turned to frost.
Her eyes, once vibrant, became a chilling abyss of blue.
And then there was Eldric.
Drenched in tribulation lightning.
Electric arcs crackled violently across his body—
His very flesh glowing with the fury of the heavens.
For a brief moment—
It felt like they had a chance.
But then—
It moved.
The silhouette lifted an arm.
A simple motion.
A strike that seemed no different from a basic move.
And yet—
It was anything but that.
BOOM!
The world exploded.
Kelvin—blasted out of the pyramid.
Lila—slammed against the farthest wall before crashing outside.
Eldric—hurled like a ragdoll into the distant desert.
Three elites, some of the strongest prodigies, sent flying with a single attack.
But Kaelen…
He alone remained standing.
Barely.
His feet skidded backward—
The sheer force of the impact threatening to send him soaring like the rest.
But at the last moment, he activated his system's boons.
His blade dug into the floor.
His armor pulsed with energy.
And somehow, someway—
He held his ground.
Panting, his face darkened.
His grip on his Blade of Eternity tightened.
His mind raced, sweat trailing down his temple.
"This is bad… This is really bad…"
For the first time in a while—
He truly felt—
Screwed.
But before Kaelen could barely had the time to think, the Avatar of the Hybrid suddenly tilted its head, as if amused.
As if it found something interesting.
It was surprised.
Surprised that Kaelen had survived.
But before Kaelen could even process that thought—
A surge of darkness exploded beside him.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT!!"
Kelvin had returned—furious.
His Blood Void erupted from his domain, a churning abyss of unending darkness that threatened to consume everything in its path.
And right beside him—
Eldric came down like judgment itself.
"Tribulation Thunderstorm!!"
All the tribulation lightning he could muster was released in a frenzied storm of celestial punishment, crashing toward the Avatar with the fury of the heavens.
Kaelen watched as their combined might—
The strongest attacks they could unleash—
Should have at least done something.
But—
It didn't.
The Hybrid's Avatar didn't even move.
A mere flick of its wrist sent Kelvin's Blood Void scattering apart—as if it were nothing.
Another casual wave of its hand—
And Eldric's tribulation lightning dissipated like a flame in a storm.
Both of them—
Two of the strongest warriors Kaelen knew—
Had achieved nothing.
Then—
Before they could even react—
It moved again.
Kaelen's eyes widened.
He barely saw it move.
One step.
One simple, elegant, fluid motion.
Then—
BOOM!
Kelvin vomited blood as he was hurled across the shrine.
Eldric's body contorted midair, arcs of electricity violently sparking from him as he crashed into a stone pillar, which shattered on impact.
In a single instant—
They were down again.
Kaelen's fingers trembled.
His mind screamed at him.
This… this was a massacre.
If this continued—
They were all going to die.
And right at that moment—
He knew.
If he didn't do something—
If he didn't find a way—
This would be the end.
But unfortunately, Kaelen couldn't think of any way they could defeat this being as his vision blurred.
His breath shortened.
His lungs burned.
Every fiber of his body screamed at him—MOVE.
But he couldn't.
The Hybrid's Avatar had turned its attention back to him.
And it was approaching.
With every step it took, Kaelen felt his very existence being crushed.
This was no ordinary foe.
This wasn't a mortal enemy.
This was a being beyond comprehension.
Right at this moment—Kaelen realized:
Even breathing in its presence was difficult.
But just then—
At the moment before the Avatar could reach him—
A voice—still as the winter itself—echoed.
And it wasn't just in the shrine.
It spread across the entire pyramid.
Even outside.
"Mana Domain: Ice World."
And then—
Everything turned white.
In a single heartbeat—
The entire battlefield froze.
Everything within a mile radius—
Encased in ice.
The shrine.
The air.
The very mana itself.
Even—
The Hybrid's Avatar.
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Kaelen's breath hitched.
'It worked!'
Lila's power had actually frozen it.
Right after the conclusion of the second stage of the battle convention, Lila decided to undergo a very rigorous training to acquire a mana domain so as she could alongside her childhood friend.
And after so many failures, she was finally able to achieve it just a day before the Trials of Creation.
The Hybrid's Avatar—a being that had deflected their strongest attacks without effort—was now sealed in a cage of eternal frost.
Kaelen quickly turned to Lila who now looks like she is in her last legs.
Her figure stood still as a statue, shoulders trembling.
Her breath ragged.
Her body—exhausted.
And then—
"Hold on, let me help you"
"Wait!"
Before Kaelen could even take a step towards her—
She spoke.
"Kaelen, I can't hold this for long."
Her voice was urgent.
"If we dream to achieve victory…"
She turned her gaze toward him—
Her now ice-blue eyes fierce despite her exhaustion.
"Then it is now."
Kaelen's fingers clenched.
His royal blue armor pulsed.
This was it.
Their one and only chance.
They had to end it here.
Before the Avatar of the Hybrid broke free.
Before their hope shattered.
Before they all died.
"Kelvin. Eldric."
His voice was firm.
"This ends.....—NOW."
And in a split second, Kaelen pulled all the stops.
The system boons activated in full force.
A radiant blue light—his Sacred Light—ignited around him.
But this time, it was different.
It was no longer the pure golden hue from before—
This Sacred Light exuded an intensity unlike ever before, burning deeper, stronger, more profound.
And then—
Kaelen merged everything.
—His Sacred Light.
—His Blade of Eternity.
—His Formless Swordplay.
And in that very moment—
His aura reached a level so monstrous—
The world itself seemed to hold its breath.
Not it didn't end there.
As the atmosphere twisted.
Then—
Liquid mana slowly began forming around Kaelen.
It slithered through the air like tendrils of raw power, condensing into an aura so dense—
It began to suffocate everyone.
Even Lila.
Even Kelvin.
Even Eldric.
Kelvin gritted his teeth as he muttered in unwillingness.
"Tch—what the hell is this?!"
Eldric's tribulation lightning wavered.
Even Lila, who had just unleashed a Mana Domain, struggled to stay on her feet.
"K-Kaelen…"
But just then—
Without warning.
A deafening explosion.
The ice sealing the Hybrid's Avatar—
SHATTERED.
And in that instant—
A force so incomprehensible blasted outward.
A shockwave so unfathomably intense—
It ripped through the entire dimension.
The entire pyramid—
BLOWN TO DUST.
Kaelen's eyes widened.
Through the blinding storm of destruction—
A figure emerged.
It stood tall.
Its body—pure light.
But its aura—a monstrous abyss of infinite power.
Kaelen's breath hitched.
"This… this thing…"
The very space around it distorted.
Gravity itself faltered in its presence.
And yet—
As the Hybrid's Avatar gazed upon Kaelen—
Kaelen didn't flinch.
Instead—
A slow, manic grin crept onto his face.
His heart pounded with excitement.
His battle spirit surged beyond anything he had ever felt before.
His grip on the Blade of Eternity tightened.
And then—
With a crazed glint in his eyes, he whispered:
"Do your worst."
